Archive for February, 2007

President’s Day weekend at Kings Canyon

Monday, February 19th, 2007

Americans have a great way of arranging public holidays so that it falls on a Monday most of the time (except for certain holidays that are fixed in date - Independence Day, Christmas). This means long weekends are commonplace and most folks do their best to make use of breaks like this to get […]

Gabriel Learns to Swim

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

R and I are trying out a number of things with Gabriel. At his age, we are told that there’s only a few activities worth trying - one of them is swimming.
We bring him once a week to the Betty Wright Swim Centre in Palo Alto - about 15 minutes away from home. […]

Gabriel at Eight Months

Sunday, February 4th, 2007

Gabriel is growing rapidly. Just this week, several new milestones to commemorate his 8-month birthday:

First tooth - his first tooth is beginning to sprout from his lower gums.
First swim - we took him for his first swim in a pool. The Betty Wright Swim Centre provides a pool that is especially suitable […]